Re: Kernel 2.2 and Slink

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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2 and Slink
From: Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 10:04:00 -0800
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At 10:22 -0600 1999-02-12, Gregory T. Norris wrote:

It seems that glibc2.1 has been temporarily withdrawn... apparently due
to some sort of license problem. :-(   Look at
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.1-README for the (very brief)
notice.

No, there is not, I repeat not any legal issue. It is purelypolitical. glibc 2.1 recommends egcs instead of gcc, RMS says thisviolates some policy of ftp.gnu.org.

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Joel Klecker (aka Espy)                     <URL:http://web.espy.org/>
<URL:mailto:jk@espy.org>                  <URL:mailto:espy@debian.org>
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References:
- Re: Kernel 2.2 and Slink
  - From: Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
- Re: Kernel 2.2 and Slink
  - From: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl>
- Re: Kernel 2.2 and Slink
  - From: "Gregory T. Norris" <haphazard@socket.net>

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